Lakeside Trio 3rd Residency
1st-3rd June 2012
The outstanding Lakeside Trio of Prach Boondiskulchok (piano), Chihiro Ono (violin), and Vladimir Waltham (cello) undertook their third residency at the academy. During their stay they performed at Victoria College to a full theatre of young instrumentalists from year 7 through to year 13. During this concert they performed excerpts of Haydn’s Piano Trio in F Hob XV:6, demonstrating the classical concept of ‘improvisation’ used to decorate repeated sections of music.
Their residency concluded with a morning ‘Coffee Concert’ on Saturday 2nd June in which they set the Haydn trio alongside a rarely heard work by György Kurtág entitled ‘Ligature for Bálint Varga’, which was a spellbinding performance with astonishing delicacy and control. Beethoven’s Piano Trio in E flat op.70 no.2 brought the concert to a joyous conclusion and drew the audience to their feet with ovation. Our thanks go to the Jersey Arts Trust for their sponsorship of this residency.
Royal College of Music Junior Department and Friends
Sunday 27th May 2012, 3pm-4pm
Professor Katya Lebedeva from the Royal College of Music Junior Department visited the academy with two outstanding young pianists. During the morning she gave tuition to six local young pianists, and in the afternoon all the young pianists gave a wonderful concert to an enthusiastic audience. As well as an excellent performance of two movements of Beethoven’s Sonata in C minor ‘Pathetique’ given by two local students, one particular highlight was visiting pianist Nina Del Ser’s performance of Haydn’s Sonata in C, full of wit and dramatic contrasts. The event was supported by the Jersey Arts Trust, and the next visit will take place in early December.
JAM Strings Concert
Saturday 19th May 2012
A packed Vermont Hall enjoyed a wonderfully varied afternoon concert given by children studying string instruments at the academy. The concert opened with the JAM Cello Ensemble, an ensemble combining junior and adult cellists, pictured here in the final rehearsals leading to the concert:
This was followed by a wonderful group of very young violinists and cellists led by their Suzuki Method teacher Vanessa Moore, their very first experience of performing in a concert. The event then continued with a wide variety of solo performances from many students of different ages, and a performance of Massenet’s Meditation given by violin teacher Young Pyo Lee brought the concert to a beautiful conclusion.